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    Thread: I'm getting really stressed out on wanting to learn japanese.
Post: I'm getting really stressed out on wanting to lear...

So, lately I've been getting stressed out on trying to learn japanese. I want to live there someday. I feel really lost on where to start. I was going to work on Kanji first (I have RtK1 but kept gett...
Suisei Learning resources 137 19,130 2012-01-15, 10:30 pm
    Thread: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so..
Post: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so....

wccrawford Wrote:Why don't you just flip it around? 'Nightbreak is the first thing that happens in a *day*.' becomes 'Nightbreak is the day's first event.' You even end up with words right next to...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 7 2,072 2012-01-09, 1:12 pm
    Thread: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so..
Post: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so....

Betelgeuzah Wrote:To hell with stroke order. Sometimes it's useful (insect is on THE RIGHT?? madness) but it's not that necessary for most kanji... you won't forget that 'one' is on the bottom, I'm su...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 7 2,072 2012-01-09, 12:50 pm
    Thread: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so..
Post: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so....

SomeCallMeChris Wrote:'Nightbreak' is a horrible keyword anyway because (a) it's not a word, (b) if it was a word, it should mean the opposite of daybreak, e.g., the start of night. I changed it to 'd...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 7 2,072 2012-01-09, 12:42 pm
    Thread: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so..
Post: I feel really slow now about the Kanji stories so....

I know I should make some that have to do with the stroke order but it feels pretty hard to remember the sentence like for Nightbreak( 旦). 'Nightbreak is the first thing that happens in a *day*.' I kn...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 7 2,072 2012-01-09, 11:49 am
    Thread: Another random question about Heisig's method
Post: Another random question about Heisig's method

Well, I'm finally starting Kanji and I'm still getting used to remember the stories but when I make longer stories for Kanji, I forget what sides the Radicals go on. I do know that they are in the Kan...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 3 1,292 2011-12-29, 8:06 pm
    Thread: Another random question.
Post: Another random question.

Betelgeuzah Wrote:The meaning and story help with writing the kanji and recognizing it later from all the rest. Japanese meanings aren't as simple. There can be many since kanjis being in compounds c...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 4 772 2011-12-29, 5:44 am
    Thread: Another random question.
Post: Another random question.

astendra Wrote:That's the idea. The goal is not to memorize the story itself, though. It just acts as a memory aid by making stuff more elaborate. At first, it may be somewhat indispensable in order ...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 4 772 2011-12-29, 5:27 am
    Thread: Another random question.
Post: Another random question.

When you make up stories for Kanji to remember them, do you guys memorize your stories till you remember them or is that not the correct way for doing it? :/ Sorry for asking such weird questions. &g...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 4 772 2011-12-29, 4:55 am
    Thread: Help please?
Post: Help please?

JimmySeal Wrote:If you're getting stressed out on the 4th character, I think you need to try to relax a bit and not sweat things so much. In 3, he's referring to how 二's top stroke is shorter than th...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 7 1,309 2011-12-28, 11:29 pm
    Thread: Help please?
Post: Help please?

Omoishinji Wrote:Just general Kanji. The 漢字 三 has three strokes (continuous lines) which are written left to right, top to bottom. The top stroke is longer than the middle stroke, and the bottom stro...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 7 1,309 2011-12-28, 11:26 pm
    Thread: Help please?
Post: Help please?

So, I just started working on Remember the Kanji Volume one but don't understand what Heisig is talking about really in the descriptions. :/ I'm kinda stressing out since I really want to use this mes...
Suisei Remembering the Kanji 7 1,309 2011-12-28, 9:28 pm